Mid Central, Pasadena, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Mid Central is a neighborhood of 8,710 residents in Pasadena, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Mid Central?
Property crime is high in Mid Central: a C+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 79% of Americans live. Theft makes up 55% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C, and vehicle theft grades D+. Pasadena as a whole grades B- for property crime.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 496 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Mid Central as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mid Central scores 496.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Mid Central, Pasadena, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mid Central in Pasadena, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Mid Central
Burglary at more than double the US rate. Mid Central has 6.1 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Mid Central
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mid Central has about 30 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 27% more than the US as a whole and close to Pasadena as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Mid Central, about 55% of the total, followed by burglary and vandalism.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Pasadena
The Pasadena Police Department polices Mid Central; these figures cover Pasadena as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Pasadena as a whole, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 46% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (23%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Mid Central and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Mid Central, 7 have less property crime. North Arroyo and North East have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Mid Central. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Mid Central is safer than 66% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Mid Central apart: it has 20.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 2.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft and car theft, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.20.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.C+ (42 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Mid Central
Property crime costs Mid Central about $1.9 million a year, or $220 per resident and about $545 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
